Moses Bloom

Bloom (Moise Blum) was born in Westhoffen, Alsace, France in 1833, and left the country in 1850.

With the major railhead soon arriving to the city, the travelers brought new business and Bloom's "One Price Clothing House" became very successful.

He distinguished himself as a public speaker, and was noted for his address atop a box car to men departing for Union Army service in the Civil War.

[5] There, he became influential[6] and succeeded to secure budget support for the State University of Iowa, a "permanent annual endowment" of $20,000 a year.

[15] The "Moses Bloom Clothing Store" located at 28–30 S. Clinton St. remains one of the key historical buildings in the downtown of Iowa City.